Agriculture Bill 2017-19

Summary of the Bill

The Agriculture Bill seeks to provide for a range of enabling powers to ensure “stability” for farmers as the UK exits from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy and compliance with the World Trade Organisation Agreement on Agriculture. It also introduces new measures to change the way in which farmers and land managers are supported in the longer term. It is the first substantial Brexit Bill in a domestic policy area which covers both devolved and reserved matters.

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House of Commons Library analysis

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